Hi Bill,

Your idea for flexible battens sounds excellent. Can you tell me what the trim you are referring to is used for normally? That may help me locate it more easily.

Thanks again for the help,

Best regards,

Allan Edie

: John's advice is a good one, while it seems easy to make a fair
: curve it's really one of the most difficult things in
: boatbuilding and any unfairness you'll instantly see when the
: boats outside the shop and you can get away from it. Now that
: I've got a bigger shop again, I can start collecting various
: long battens. Each has different bending characteristics so you
: use what works best. Actually the PVC (vinyl) trim sold in the
: big box lumber yards works pretty well for flexible battens, it
: has no grain to alter the curves and is pretty flexible, also
: cheap and doesn't change shape with humidity changes, all
: problems with normal wood battens.

: Bill H.